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Joyce Anne (Bartley) Regnier Hemphill
Feb 28, 2020
Joyce (Bartley) Regnier Hemphill, 79, Cherryvale, died Friday, February 28, 2020 in Coffeyville. She was born July 22, 1940 in Miltonvale to Bernice and Venita (Pitts) Bartley.
Joyce and Lucien Regnier were married on August 6, 1958. She was a 1958 graduate of Miltonvale Rural High School and in 1973 she graduated with...
Reva M. Chaput
Feb 27, 2020
Reva M. Chaput, 96, Minneapolis, died Thursday, February 27, 2020. Reva was born September 4, 1923 in Miltonvale to Hershall and Jennie (Briggs) Owen. She lived her entire life in Kansas.
In 1940, Reva and Louis Chaput said their wedding vows in St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Miltonvale. Louis passed away in July...
Jettie F. Condray
Feb 19, 2020
Jettie F. Condray, 74, Minneapolis, died Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at his home. He was born March 31, 1945 near Miltonvale to Warren W. and Clara Genevieve (Fuller) Condray.
Jettie was a graduate of Miltonvale High School in 1963. He then attended Kansas State University and in 1968 Jettie received a bachelor's degree...
Robert K. Kiser
Feb 19, 2020
Robert "Bob" K. Kiser, 81, Salina, was born December 14, 1938 in rural Cloud County Kansas and died February 19, 2020 at his home.
Raised in the Delphos community graduated in 1956 a Delphos Maroon attended Kansas State University then graduating with a bachelor's degree from Emporia State University.
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Audrey L. Carson
Feb 15, 2020
Audrey L. Carson, 79, Bennington, passed away Saturday, February 15, 2020 at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis. She was born August 2, 1940 in Abilene to Jesse and Adelia (Bergmeier) Hamme.
Audrey and John V. Carson were united in marriage on September 24, 1960. She worked for 30 years in banking; retiring...
Bonnie Robins
Feb 11, 2020
Bonnie Robins, 88, Minneapolis, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. Bonnie was born Loretta LaVone Trow on November 28, 1931 to John Leroy and Edna Agnes (Garren) Trow in Bennington, Kansas.
She married Robert R. Robins on October 2, 1947, in Minneapolis. To this union were...
Debra S. Shank
Feb 2, 2020
Debra S. Shank, 66, Bennington, loving wife of Ralph Shank, passed away Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, at her home. Debra was born Nov. 21, 1953, in Norfolk, Neb., to Marilyn and Louis Ahlers.
Debra is survived by her husband, Ralph, of rural Bennington; her mother and father; five children; two stepchildren; five siblings;...
Stephen C. Rupert
Jan 31, 2020
Stephen Carter Rupert was born January 7, 1934, in Concordia, Kansas to Leonard and Ethel (Carter) Rupert. He passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones on Friday, January 31, 2020, at the Ottawa County Health Center in Minneapolis, Kansas, at the age of 86 years and 24 days.
He graduated from Minneapolis High School and attended Kansas...
Rebecca Drennan
Jan 31, 2020
Rebecca Torres Drennan, 70, Yucca Valley, California, passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by loved ones on January 31, 2020. Becky is a former resident of both Delphos and Minneapolis, Kansas. Becky was born January 17, 1950 in Detroit, Michigan to Jose and Janie (Ramirez) Torres.
Becky was born in Detroit, but...
Dorothy M. Smith
Jan 30, 2020
Dorothy Marie Smith, 86, passed away on Thursday, January 30, 2020 in Westminster, CO. She was born July 27, 1933 in Delphos, Kansas, the daughter of Clarence Reed and Grace (Cain) Rice.
Dorothy attended schools in Delphos and was a 1951 Graduate of Delphos High School. She married Leland Lemoine Smith August 26,...
Donna J. Nichols
Jan 28, 2020
Donna Jean Nichols, age 80, Longford died January 28, 2020 at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis. Mrs. Nichols was born Donna Jean Davidson to Pearl and Matthew Davidson on March 30,1939 in Oakhill. She was a homemaker. Donna Jean was an active member of the UMW. The Longford Church enjoyed her talents as an organist and...
Chuck Lewis C. Beemer
Jan 21, 2020
Lewis C. "Chuck" Beemer, 50, Independence, Kansas, died Tuesday, January 21, 2020. Chuck was born August 26, 1969 in Big Sandy, Texas, to Rodney and Dawn (Rubrecht) Beemer.
He was a 1987 graduate of Southeast of Saline High School. Chuck was a voracious reader and an artist at heart. He loved drawing and carpentry; he built custom...
John M. Walmsley
Jan 20, 2020
John M. Walmsley, 68, Minneapolis, died suddenly on Monday, January 20, 2020 near Traer. John was born August 22, 1951 in Salina to Walter and Lois (Johnson) Walmsley.
He was a 1969 graduate of Minneapolis High School and he taught diesel mechanic classes at Salina Vo-Tech for two years. John was the owner...
Laverne K. Ballou
Jan 17, 2020
LaVerne K. Ballou, 90, Delphos, died Friday, January 17, 2020 at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis. He was born December 11, 1929 on the family farm north of Delphos to Russell Kenneth and Ruth Naomi (Smith) Ballou.
LaVerne was a 1948 graduate of Delphos High School and he attended K-State for one...
John R. Fleming
Dec 29, 2019
John Fleming, 94, of Minneapolis, passed away Sunday, December 29, 2019, after a brief illness.
John and his late wife Margaret, née Morris, were longtime residents of Minneapolis. Born in Wichita, he enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 18. John served as a military policeman in northern France in...
Sandra G. Tibbits
Dec 27, 2019
Sandra G. Tibbits, 48, Minneapolis, died Friday, December 27, 2019 at the Ottawa County Health Center, Minneapolis. She was born in Hutchinson on March 7, 1971 to Donald and Wanda (Naugle) McKenna.
Sandy attended schools in Hutchinson and was a 1989 graduate of Hutchinson High School. She and Thomas Tibbits were united in...
Keith D. "Hoot" Gibson
Dec 27, 2019
Keith D. "Hoot" Gibson, 84, Salina, died Friday, December 27, 2019 at the Salina Regional Health Center. He was born November 22, 1935 in Eaton, CO to Carl and Lenora (Mayhew) Gibson.
Keith attended country schools and graduated from Miltonvale High School in 1954. He spent two years in the United States Army...
Phil Graves
Dec 19, 2019
Phil Graves, 67, Bennington, died on Thursday, December 19, 2019 in Salina, KS. He was born January 12, 1952 in Buffalo, NY.
Phil's passions in life were cooking and baking, playing music, gardening, and spending time with family. He was a member of Zion Brethren In Christ Church in Abilene, KS....
Carl Prater
Dec 17, 2019
Melvin "Carl" Prater, 69, Wells, passed away on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at the St. Luke's Heart Institute in Kansas City. He was surrounded by close family. From his birth on December 9, 1950, until his death, Carl touched the lives of those he encountered.
The youngest of three boys, Carl was born...
Joyce E. O'Neill
Dec 15, 2019
Joyce Elaine Wild O'Neill, 85, Barnard, died Sunday, December 15, 2019. She was born on February 9, 1934 the youngest of ten children born to John & Dorothy Wild. She graduated from Lincoln High School and worked at Salina Retailers Association in Salina. She married Jarvis O'Neill on Friday March 26, 1954 at the Presbyterian church in...
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